Joyce Giraud Quotes

• Especially as a title-holder, you can do great things with charities, because people suddenly care about what you have to say. I wanted to make a difference, which is why I created the Queen of the Universe pageant. I want to change all of those stigmas in the beauty pageant world.

  Joyce Giraud

  Queens, Differences, People

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• I wasn't the typical pageant girl - I was a little more nerdy, and they gave me a voice. I created the Queen of the Universe pageant, which is charity-based, to benefit UNESCO. For me, the most important thing is that contestants have a charity-based platform or charity ambition.

  Joyce Giraud

  Girl, Queens, Ambition

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• Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are.

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  Blessed, Blessing, Favorite Day

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• I never thought anything was strange in Puerto Rico other than the big mosquitos; because I was born there, nothing was really foreign to me. I think what I saw strange coming to L.A. was that a lot of people are a little bit two-faced. In Puerto Rico, you don't get that.

  Joyce Giraud

  Thinking, Two, People

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• In Puerto Rico, we have a lot of traditions. We eat a very typical thing that's called 'pasteles' - it's almost like a tamale made of bananas, and we make it all together. Like, all the women of the family unite, and it's a very big deal, a very big thing.

  Joyce Giraud

  Together, Typical, Tamales

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• Some people would rather have a lie that makes them smile than a truth that makes them cry. I'm the opposite; I'd rather have people make me cry with the truth than try to make me smile.

  Joyce Giraud

  Lying, Opposites, People

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• I'm petrified of bees because I have an anaphylactic reaction to bees.

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  Bees, Reactions

  "Siberia – Joyce Giraud Exclusive Interview". Interview with Rebecca Murray, www.showbizjunkies.com. July 06, 2013.

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• My husband and I always have fun together in everything we do. Some people call me crazy, but the reality is that I enjoy spending each second with him. He is not just my husband - he is my rock and my very best friend!

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  Fun, Husband, Crazy

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• My one main secret I did right after my pageants days, is I only wash my hair once a week. I tell everyone, 'You have to stop washing your hair so much!'

  Joyce Giraud

  Hair, Secret, Week

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• I'm working with UNESCO on a project called 'Thirst,' which educates children all over China and promotes awareness to the fact that 300 million people in China do not have access to water.

  Joyce Giraud

  Children, People, Water

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• My husband and I are in preproduction of three movies, a Latin show, and a children's animation. I'm doing a very unique nail polish line, and finally, I'm developing a hair care line because people always ask me about my hair care system. I do a mask once a week that my grandma taught me how to make, so I want to share it with everyone.

  Joyce Giraud

  Children, Husband, Latin

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• 'Housewives' are a million times cattier than pageant girls! I know pageant girls have a reputation for being catty, but 'Housewives' are even cattier. But I do think that it's a total different world, and it can't compare.

  Joyce Giraud

  Girl, Thinking, Different

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• I admire the Shabbat tradition, and no matter which faith you are of, there is nothing more wonderful than dedicating a certain day to spend time with your family and loved ones, absent of TV, phone, and other interruptions.

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  Phones, Matter, Tvs

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• Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another girl, and people want to listen to what you have to say.

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  Girl, People, Want

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• I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

  Joyce Giraud

  Girl, Who I Am, Pageant

  "Joyce Has Stayed True to Herself". www.bravotv.com. November 4, 2013.

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• I'm a happily declared chocoholic. I keep it everywhere, even my nightstand.

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• In the entirety of my life, I have never had an eating disorder.

  Joyce Giraud

  Eating Disorder, Eating, Disorder

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• Oh, I am such a little piggy. Everyone is always mad at me because I eat so much. They're like, 'How are you so skinny?' I eat more than my husband!

  Joyce Giraud

  Husband, Mad, Littles

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• I am the lead on NBC's 'Siberia,' and I loved that experience.

  Joyce Giraud

  Nbc, Siberia

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• I don't really work out. I eat a lot of sweets. I have chocolate all over my house.

  Joyce Giraud

  Sweet, Work Out, House

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• I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies and there I was the skinny lanky girl.

  Joyce Giraud

  Beautiful, Girl, Awkward

  "5 Things You Didn’t Know About Rumored "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" Star Joyce Giraud!". toofab.com. July 1, 2013.

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• I honestly eat chocolate all day long. I do realize how blessed I am to be able to eat what I want and not have to live in the gym.

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  Blessed, Long, Chocolate

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• I always believe that if you feel good and look happy, you're always going to be beautiful. My one actual beauty trick is pretty cliche: Never, ever go to bed with your makeup on.

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  Beautiful, Believe, Makeup

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• I am an actress, a producer, a philanthropist, a wife, and above all a mommy to my beautiful babies, Leonardo and Valentino.

  Joyce Giraud

  Beautiful, Baby, Wife

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• I do an international beauty pageant called Queen of the Universe for UNESCO, and what we do is we build kindergartens around the world.

  Joyce Giraud

  Queens, World, Kindergarten

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